Re: Outlook Express question
From: Jim Carlock (anonymous_at_127.0.0.1)
Date: 04/01/04
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Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2004 14:39:48 -0500
This is getting weirder.
I have this thread highlighted in the two newsgroups. And now only
the xp newsgroup gets the highlighting action. Somehow, OE has
forgotten how to highlight. LOL
-- Jim Carlock http://www.microcosmotalk.com/ Post replies to the newsgroup. -------------------------------------------------------------- Note the following has just been reported to me and is true as in fact (and is definitely NOT fiction) and is now documented and if anyone needs information on its truth, in order for verification purposes feel free to contact me. It is presented verbatim from its source. -------------------------------------------------------------- UPS (which I pronounce as OOPS) has done it again. NASA ordered a $1000.00 airplane kit which is fairly large 1/3rd scale. It has to be shipped in 2 boxes. Insurance on said kit is fairly expensive, but necessary. Needless to say we (knowing OOPS as we do) reinforced the kit box and then added another box which we also padded. Again this added to the expense of shipping... but.. UPS ran the sucker through with a forklift and now refuses to pay for the destroyed kit. They claim "Insufficient Packaging". This is their standard out. Can someone tell me a way to sufficiently package (other than concrete and rebar) against a forklift? The battle begins..... -------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------- "Jim Carlock" wrote: This message is for Robert Aldwinckle as well. I'm sending the thread to the PA Bear newsgroup as well. ;-) I've tried using OllyDbg to step through it. I can't slow down my system enough to read the splash, and for some reason I can get OllyDbg to stop right after the Splash is displayed, but the splash at that point is unreadable (because of OllyDbg's control over it). Some comments, so far, the best I can tell right at the moment is the version number is being read from msoeres.dll. I've looked through the msoe.dll for the version string but they default to a IMproper string (ie, not the 5.00.0000.0000 string). ;-) And I'm not sure if you'd like me to post all the gorey details about the different strings that are contained within the other files, so I'll start off by stating, the following: msoe.dll <- is one of the main files msimn.exe <- is thart starting stub msoeres.dll <- is the resource file that holds icons (and version info ?) This file is read initially and loaded at start up. This file is also read when doing a version lookup (at least on my system it is). I created a new MS IEADK (these acronyms are killing me!) and reinstalled using the new IEAKD build, but it didn't seem to over- write anything. Right now I've got the OLD msoeres.dll (as it doesn't export anything but icons (and possibly a version number)), in use. It does NOT seem to affect any of the operations of OE. There are approx. 59 icons in msoeres.dll in 10 different formats, and it has the version number of OE as displayed in my About box. The About box seems to read from that file, but my first inclination is to think that it's grabbing a bitmap or icon. Furthermore, there seem to be numerous .gif89 files inside of msoeres.dll, as well as Adobe 4.0 images, there is a reference to: NPhotoshop 3.0, I'm not quite sure what that is at the moment, but I think it might be worth finding, and other things with that tag inside of them all seem to be some sort of .jpg images, which is really really interesting, as there is JFIF in those files and if the image is renamed from jpg, to jfif, it reads 100% accurately (in IE as well as other graphics programs). If you're a graphic image specialist, you I'd appreciate a comment, because as you can tell I don't have a very broad knowledge of what the difference is between jfif and jpg (there appears to be NO difference). Some interesting strings inside of msoe.dll: ComboBox, cmdDownload, cmdConnect, btnContinue btnTrust, btnCert, btnOpen, Hhotmail It almost looks like a VB application with function names as those listed above. Either that, or the programmers took a fancy for the Hungarian notation that VB programmers use. In fact, I'm willing to bet that parts of msoe.dll were created with an offshoot brand of VB5. But what do I know? Absolutely nothing! I'm still at the same point I started at. <g> -- Jim Carlock http://www.microcosmotalk.com/ Post replies to the newsgroup. "Kelly" wrote: Hi PaBear (dry up those tears), Here is the reading of the second export: All is norm except for the fact that you will scream because it reads ...1106. [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Active Setup\Installed Components\{44BBA840-CC51-11CF-AAFA-00AA00B6015C}] "Version"="6,0,2800,1106" @="Microsoft Outlook Express 6" "IsInstalled"=dword:00000001 "Locale"="EN" "ComponentID"="MailNews" "CloneUser"=dword:00000001 "StubPath"=hex <snipped> -- All the Best, Kelly Microsoft-MVP Windows® XP Troubleshooting Windows XP http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com Taskbar Repair Tool Plus! http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm "PA Bear" <PABear@mvps.org> wrote in message news:O4jZcM6FEHA.1012@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl... > <sniff> OK, fine, be that way. > -- > ~PAB > > Kelly wrote: >> Hi Jim, >> >> So sorry, I didn't recognize the name with the attachment. :o( Ok, so >> far that looks all correct. Go to Start/Run/Regedit, navigate to this >> key and either post here what is listed for (Default), StubPath and the >> Version listed in the right pane or send me the reg file, please. >> >> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Active Setup\Installed >> Components\{44BBA840-CC51-11CF-AAFA-00AA00B6015C} >> >> "Jim Carlock" <anonymous@127.0.0.1> wrote in message >> news:eQ35i$sFEHA.3080@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl... >>> Did you get my email, Kelly? >>> >>> -- >>> Jim Carlock >>> http://www.microcosmotalk.com/ >>> Post replies to the newsgroup. >>> >>> >>> "Kelly" wrote: >>> Jim, >>> >>> Go to Start/Run/Regedit, naviagate to this key: >>> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Identities\{GUID}\Software\Microsoft\Outlook >>> Express\5.0 >>> >>> Right click, export and send it to me via e-mail. >>> >>> -- >>> All the Best, >>> Kelly >>> >>> Microsoft-MVP Windows® XP >>> >>> Troubleshooting Windows XP >>> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com >>> >>> Taskbar Repair Tool Plus! >>> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm >>> >>> >>> "Kelly" wrote: >>>> Do all of the numbers under Version (File/Version/Full Path) read 5.... >>>> as >>>> well? Either way, this is not normal. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> All the Best, >>>> Kelly >>>> >>>> "Jim Carlock" >>>>> When I click on Help, "About Microsoft Outlook Express", >>>>> I get the About dialog box for Outlook Express. >>>>> >>>>> It's unusual though I think. Mine is reporting: >>>>> >>>>> Microsoft >>>>> Outlook Express 6 >>>>> 5.00.0000.0000 >>>>> >>>>> And I think it should be reporting different numbers. I'm wondering >>>>> what others are getting. >>>>> >>>>> I'm not sure if I should report this as a bug or look somewhere else >>>>> to find out why. >>>>> -- >>>>> Jim Carlock > >
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